Eran Magen - C.V.
Updated October 15, 2014
Eran Magen
University of Pennsylvania
133 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: (610) 235-6635
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.EranMagen.com
Current Positions
2013-Current
Center for Supportive
Relationships
2011-Current
University of Pennsylvania
Counseling & Psychological
Services (CAPS)
2012-Current
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Psychology
Founder and Scientific Director
• Designing and managing delivery of community-wide
interventions for strengthening relationships and relational skills
• Clients include public school districts, medical schools at private
universities, and for-profit corporations
Research Director
• Heading campus-wide preventive mental health program.
• Heading training program in population mental health.
• Directing internal research and assessment projects.
• Providing individual and couples therapy to students.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
Education
2010-2011
University of Pennsylvania
Counseling & Psychological
Services (CAPS)
2008-2010
University of Pennsylvania
Leonard Davis Institute of Health
Economics
2003-2008
Stanford University
Department of Psychology
2004-2007
Stanford University
School of Education
1995-1997
University of Ben-Gurion, Israel
Clinical Post-Doctoral Fellow
Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar
Faculty appointment, Department of General Internal Medicine.
Mentors: Flaura Winston, M.D., Ph.D.; David Asch, M.D., M.B.A.
Ph.D. in Psychology
Concentration: Affective science & behavioral economics.
Dissertation: Taming the Beast: Enhancing Self-Control by Reframing
Temptations.
Adviser: James Gross, Ph.D.
M.A. in Education
Concentration: Learning processes, educational policy.
B.A. in Behavioral Sciences and Business Administration
Completed at age 18.
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Publications
Under Review
2014
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2008
2007
Feng, B., Magen, Eran (under review). Relationship closeness predicts
unsolicited advice-giving in supportive interactions.
Magen, Eran, Kim, B., Dweck, C. S., Gross, J. J., McClure, S. M.
(2014). Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Increased Self-Control in the
Absence of Increased Willpower. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, 111(27), 9786–9791.
Leroy, V., Grégoire, J., Magen, Eran, Gross, J. J., & Mikolajczak, M.
(2012). Lead me not into temptation: Using cognitive reappraisal to
reduce goal inconsistent behavior. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e39493.
Leroy, V., Grégoire, J., Magen, Eran, Gross, J. J., & Mikolajczak, M.
(2011). Resisting the sirens of temptation while studying: Using
reappraisal to increase focus, enthusiasm, and performance. Learning and
Individual Differences, 22(2), 263-268.
Magen, Eran & Konasewich, P. A. (2011). Women support providers
are more susceptible than men to emotional contagion following brief
supportive interactions. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35(4), 611-616.
Magen, Eran & Gross, James J. (2010) Getting Our Act Together:
Toward a General Model of Self-Control. In R. Hassin, K. Ochsner & Y.
Trope (Eds.), Self control in society, mind, and brain.
Magen, Eran & Gross, James J. (2010) The Cybernetic Process Model
of Self-Control: Situation- and Person-Specific Considerations. In R. H.
Hoyle (Ed.), Handbook of personality and self-regulation. New York:
Blackwell Publishing.
Magen, Eran, Dweck, Carol S., & Gross, James, J. (2008) The hidden
zero effect: Representing a single choice as an extended sequence
reduces impulsive choice. Psychological Science, 19(7), 648-649.
Magen, Eran & Gross, James J. (2007) Harnessing the Need for
Immediate Gratification: Cognitive Reconstrual Modulates the Reward
Value of Temptations. Emotion, 2(7), 415-428.
Selected Grants, Awards, and Honors
2011-2012
University of Pennsylvania, Office
of the Provost
2010-2011
NSF / The Center for Child Injury
Prevention Research at CHOP
2010-2011
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2010-2011
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2010
NIH and CDC
2009
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2008
Russell Sage Foundation
Year of Games Grant
Designing an Online Game for Teaching Effective Interpersonal Support
Skills (PI)
Child Injury Prevention Research Grant
Creating an Emotionally Realistic Driving Simulator (Co-investigator)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seed Grant
Building Capacity in Agent-Based Modeling for Population Health
Research (Co-PI)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seed Grant
Value of Farmer's Markets for Food Access in Philadelphia (Co-PI)
Fellow – Institute on Systems Science and Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seed Grant
Survey of Emotional Support Skills in Naturalistic Social Networks (PI)
Small Grants in Behavioral Economics
The “Hidden Zero” Effect (see Magen, Dweck, & Gross, 2008) (PI)
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2008-2010
University of Pennsylvania
2007
Stanford University
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar
2006
Stanford University
2006
Massachussettes General Hospital
2005
Society for Judgment & DecisionMaking, Annual Conference
2005
Stanford University
2004
Mind and Life Institute
2003-2008
Stanford University
1995
Israeli Defense Force (IDF)
1995
Ben-Gurion University, Israel
1992
‘Ramot’ Project,
Ministry of Education, Israel
Fellow – Stanford Summer School in Neuroeconomics
Sponsored by NSF and NIA.
Visiting Fellowship Program in Functional MRI
Sponsored by the American Psychological Association.
Student Poster Award (1st place)
Norman H. Anderson Research Award
Supportive interactions (PI)
Norman H. Anderson Research Award
Modeling decision-making in the face of temptation (PI)
Fellow – Summer Research Institute
Graduate Fellowship
Full tuition and stipend.
'Atuda' - IDF Academic Excellence Program
Undergraduate Scholarly Excellence Award
Full tuition.
Accelerated High School Studies
Completed high school studies at age 16.
Selected Presentations and Invited Talks
2013
Public Policy Institute,
National Association of School
Psychologists
2012
National Outreach Conference for
Academic Counseling Centers
2011
National Outreach Conference for
Academic Counseling Centers
2010
University of Pennsylvania
Summer Undergraduate Minority
Research Program (SUMR)
2010
University of Pennsylvania
Mental Health Camp 2010
2010
University of Pennsylvania, School
of Nursing,
Biobehavioral Research Center
The Penn iComm Initiative: The Power of Relationships
Teaching interpersonal communication skills in K-12 public schools
Teaching Students To Support One Another: The Good, The Bad,
and The Beautiful
Building a Research-Based Mental Health Primary Prevention
Program
Helping Ourselves Help Others Help Themselves: A Psychologist’s
View of Temptations, Self-Control, and Healthy Relationships
Keynote Address: Transforming Everyday Interactions into a
Source of Healing
Mood Matching and Gender in Supportive Interactions between
Friends
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2009
West Point Military Academy
Department of Behavioral
Sciences and Leadership
Toxic Stress Contagion, Leadership, and Psychological Herd
Immunity
Selected Community Service
2011-2014
2011-Current
Peer Reviewer
2013-2014
Delaware County Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Delco SPCA)
2006-2008
Stanford University
Department of Psychology
Facilitator, Palestinian-Israeli Student Dialogue Group at the University
of Pennsylvania
Judgment and Decision-Making; Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Learning, Memory and Congition; Prevention Science; Journal of Social
and Personal Relationships; Youth and Society
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Volunteer research consultant
Volunteer dog trainer
Member of Human Subjects Committee
Selected Teaching Experience
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Managing emotionally intense conversations
Core Skills in Peer Counseling
Temptations & Self-Control
Data Management and Quality Assurance
Supervised and Mentored MA students and Honors students
Additional Information
Languages
Travel
Non-Academic Work
Experience
Hobbies / Additional activities
Fluent: English and Hebrew.
Basic: Spanish and Arabic.
Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, England, India, Israel, Jordan, Laos,
Lebanon, Mexico, Thailand, United States.
Homeless outreach specialist with the Bowery Residents' Committee in
NYC; Operations Officer (Lieuttenant) in the Israeli Defense Force.
Guitar, percussion, Argentine tango, hiking, martial arts, free hugs,
jumping over things, being the change.
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